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Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved—in space

Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student ...

Snapchat reintroduces 2D avatars after users rejected 3D ones

It’s been a couple of years since Snapchat made the shift to 3D avatars. The company said at the time that it gave users more ways than ever to represent themselves. Two years later, the complaints ...
BBC

3D shapes

A prism is a 3D shape which has a constant cross section - both ends of the solid are the same shape and anywhere you cut parallel to these ends will give you the same shape. For example, in the prism ...
IEEE

MSR-Net: Mamba-Based Symmetric Architecture for 3D Spine Reconstruction from 2D Orthogonal X-ray Images

Abstract: Accurate 3D spine reconstruction is crucial for diagnosing spinal diseases, but traditional X-ray imaging is limited by tissue overlap, which blurs detailed 3D anatomical structures. While ...
The OracleOpinion

The lost art of 2D animation in Disney

There was a time when Disney movies felt like they were alive. Not because the characters were realistic or because the ...
BBC

2D and 3D shapes

Explore the properties of 2D shapes from one-sided circles to the eight-sided octagons. What makes a shape symmetrical? Find out what makes a shape symmetrical. Positions, directions and turns Learn ...